Dr Abdullah’s demand has come amidst the rising incidents of terror attacks and encounters in J&K.Dr Abdullah’s demand has come amidst the rising incidents of terror attacks and encounters in J&K.
All four seats of J&K are lying vacant in the Rajya Sabha since February 2021 as elections for the assembly were held recently after a gap of 10 years.
As the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and its alliance partner took a decisive lead in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections 2024, its chief Farooq Abdullah announced his son Omar Abdullah will be the next chief minister of the Union Territory.
PDP was kept out of seat sharing in the recently held general and assembly elections by the NC.
Although some exit polls have predicted a NC-Congress coalition government in the UT while others have predicted a hung assembly, NC chief Dr Farooq Abdullah said he does not believe in exit polls.
At an all-party meeting at Dr Farooq Abdullah’s residence in Srinagar, the Opposition parties agreed to formulate a joint strategy against the move of the Election Commission.
On Monday an all-party meeting was held at National Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar over the "registration of new voters in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was also present for the meeting.
The clarification comes ahead of an all-party meeting that has been convened by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, MP and the chief of National Conference chief, in Srinagar on Monday to formulate a joint strategy against the move to include ‘non-locals’ in the electoral rolls.
Srinagar Police tweeted: “There are additional police personnel deployed on certain places along the Gupkar Road in view of certain security related inputs.”
The ED tweeted, “ED has filed a Supplementary PC under PMLA, 2002 before the Spl. PMLA Court, Srinagar against Dr. Farooq Abdullah & others on 4/6/2022. The court has taken cognizance of the complaint and issued notices to the accused persons for appearance before the court on 27 August.
